Compendium of Patent Statistics 2008

This document provides a snapshot of the latest available internationally comparable data on patents. The indicators presented are specifically designed to reflect recent trends in inventive activities across a wide range of OECD member and non-member countries.

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Mathematics in Industry

This report contains findings emphasising the significant (and largely unrealised) potential of applying advanced mathematics to modern industrial problems. Mechanisms of proven efficacy are described, for implementation by universities, institutes, companies and government agencies.

OECD Reviews of Innovation Policy: Norway

This volume reviews the strengths and weaknesses of Norway’s innovation system and recommends steps the government could take to foster innovation activity and increase the impact of innovation on the country’s future prosperity and social well-being.

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The Internationalisation of Business R&D: Evidence, Impacts and Implications

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The OECD REGPAT Database: A Presentation (STI Working Paper 2008/2)

This database presents patent data linked to regions according to the addresses of the applicants and inventors. The data have been regionalised at a very detailed level so that more than 2000 regions are covered across OECD countries.

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One of the distinctive characteristics of the current globalisation process is the emergence of global value chains. This paper shows how international input-output tables can be used to provide empirical evidence of the growing importance of these global value chains.

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OECD Working Party on Nanotechnology

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This paper reviews available official statistics on trust and security in the online environment. It discusses whether security concerns are an obstacle to Internet use and examines how people and companies protect their equipment and networks.

Measuring User-Created Content: Implications for the ICT Access and Use by Households and Individuals Surveys (STI Digital Economy Paper 139)

This paper reviews recent measurement work on User-Created Content (UCC) undertaken in OECD countries.

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Measuring the Impacts of ICT Using Official Statistics (STI Digital Economy Paper 136)

Policy makers everywhere want to know about the social and economic impacts of ICT. The aim of this paper is to examine statistical issues associated with their measurement and to suggest areas for future work.